Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00996
To: peterlow@fletcherspaght.com
From: Mark Dalton mwd@sgi.com
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:11:17 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: comp.robotics.beam??
Just because it a newsgroup, does _not_ mean you cannot get the list
through e-mail. The main issue is getting a server to support the
newsgroup/e-mail list. The current one is free, and I have _no_
control over its setup (which is why there are no features).
I have currently been waiting (apparently vainly) for US West to wakeup
and get me DSL, so I can setup a server at home.
Mark
> I understand the benefits of a newsgroup, especially as the mailing list
> grows. However, my preference is for the list to continue as a mailing
> list. My reasons:
>
> - I'm lazy. I do check newsgroups, but not as often as email (and very
> infrequently if I'm out of town). With the activity level of this list,
> I prefer to read the messages several times a day, instead of in bulk.
> Also, it's easier for me to archive messages that are interesting to me
> if they are emails.
>
> - My ISP's newsfeed/news management is not very good (certainly less
> reliable than my email feed). I've noticed that messages are often
> missing from the newsgroups I follow (you get the occasional reference
> to posts that you've never seen). Also, it seems that my ISP doesn't
> archive newsgroups for very long -- if I don't check a group for a
> couple of days, some of the posts I missed have already been trashed.
> I know that archives are available for newsgroups, but that means I
> have to look several places for messages (and I already said I was lazy)
>
> Just my $0.02.
>
> Peter
>
>
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